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miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
‘I bet no one else knows how truth can change except the sky’
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
sarah984's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
nadia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It has a theme I often struggle with — time travel — but I got it enough to appreciate the quality of what Kiese has put together. I did spend some time trying to piece together exactly what happened when afterwards, and whether I missed something that was meant to make it all click, before realising that that's not really the important part. I got the overall gist and it was a brilliant backdrop for such important conversations.
Probably one I'd wanna reread in a couple years and I'm also excited to read more of Laymon's work.
P.S. I hear a more recent edition of this book has the book in a different structure? I've got an edition from 2013.
P.P.S. This was one of the first ever recommendations Rob's first StoryGraph rec algorithm gave to me! The model has come on a very long way since then but it's very cool to see that it was getting a lot right back then.
Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, and Violence
dotoridoritou's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Torture
peachmoni's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Antisemitism, and Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Incest, Kidnapping, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury